MANTECA — The Manteca Police Department SWAT team was involved in a standoff late Wednesday night near Highway 99 and Moffat Road.

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A police standoff that snarled freeway traffic for hours ended when authorities took a suspected gunman into custody about 10:40 p.m. Wednesday, said Sgt. Jodie Estarziau, a spokesman for the Manteca Police Department. Estarziau said the alleged gunman shot a man and fired at police officers before barricading himself in a tanker truck, beginning a standoff that lasted more than four hours.

Police initially responded to a report that a vehicle had crashed into a propane tank about 6:25 p.m. at Van Unen Miersma Propane, Inc., which is located at 20504 South 99 Frontage Road in Ripon. Before officers arrived, authorities received additional reports that someone had been shot at that location, Estarziau said.

When they arrived, authorities located a victim suffering from a non-life-threatening gunshot wound, Estarziau said. The gunman pointed a handgun at officers, who then fired shots at the man, Estarziau said. It was not immediately known whether the man was struck, but no officers were injured, Estarziau said.

The man fled into the cab of a tanker truck and barricaded himself inside, Estarziau said.

Read Wednesday's Record for more on this story by reporter Jason Anderson.